OPENING OF JOHN McEWEN HOUSE
CANBERRA, A. CT.
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr John Gorton 4 NOVEMBER 1968
Mr Chairman, Mr Moss, John McEwen and Ladies and Gentlemen
present: My task this afternoon is, I am told, to open the building
officially, and I was told that I would be presented with a gold key
when I arrived so that I could do it, but Mr Moss being a rather
canny type of man, as I know from old, hasn't yet given it to me.
I am putting him on warning that I will need it I don't mean to
keep; I just mean to open the building.

FCR PRESS: P. M. No. 88/ 1968
VIETNAM BOMRING HALT
Comment bythe Prime Minister, M. 2_. Lhn Gorton
As you have heard, President Johnson has announced
that all air, naval, and artillery activity on or within the territory
of North Vietnam will be stopped at 8. 00 a. m. Friday morning,
Washington time. ( That is 11 o'clock EST tonight).
We have been consulted by the Government of the
United States, and kept fully informed of developments leading up
to this announcement. It has been the attitude of the Australian Government

FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 87/ 1968
N. S. W. BUSHFIRES: COMMONWEALTH AID
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
I was distressed to hear of the shocking bushfires
around Sydney and on the south coast of New South Wales.
I would like the relatives of those who have lost their
lives in the fires to know that they have the deepest sympathy of the
Commonwealth Government and, I am sure, of all Australians. Our
sympathy is also extended to those people who have lost their homes
and other material possessions in the fires.

PRESENTATION OF A GOLD COIN COMMEMORATING THE DEDICATION OF THE ANZAC MEMORIAL AND FOREST IN ISRAEL

MELBOURNE, VIC. 29 OCTOBER 1968

Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton.

Mr. President, Your Excellency:

53RD CONGRESS OF THE R. S. L.
CANBERRA, A. C. T. 28 OCTOBER 1968
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
Your Excellency, Sir. Arthur Lee, Mr. Whitlam, Ministers, Members,
Service Chiefs of Staff, and Ladies and Gentlemen:-
My task is merely to say a few supporting words after
the Governor-General has opened this Conference. And I will keep
them brief, as I know you would wish them to be kept brief.
it is for me a great distinction to be able to stand today
and talk to the representatives of an organisation which has, since it

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CANBERRA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION
UNVEILING OF FOUNDATION STONE
CANBERRA, A. C. T. 28 OCTOBER 1968
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
Mr; Chairman, Mr. Minister,-Leader of the Opposition, Distinguished
Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am delighted to be asked to unveil the plaque and I have
no doubt that in due time I'll be told precisely what string to pull in order
to do it. This is one of the most satisfying tasks that I could
imagine myself undertaking, because the unveiling of this plaque is an

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CLOSING SESSION OF INTERNATIONAL UNION K69CJ~%
OF BUILDING SOCIETIES CONGRESS
SYDNEY, N. S. W. OCTOBER 1968
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Members of Overseas and Australian
Governments and Delegates from many countries:-
For a week now, you have been devoting yourselves to
discussing the questions of how to build houses, how to provide good
and healthy accommodation and how to harness savings and use the
thrifty instincts of individuals in order to see that these ends are

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It is in some ways a very awesome thing to stand here in
front of you at a place where two great leaders have previously stood and
to address a Party which for so long has kept in power a government which
has enabled Australia to be transformed. I think that most of you will
understand the humility with which anybody must, for the first time, appear
before you in a place where those other leaders have for so long appeared.

FOR PRESS: I 2 5 ~ C a P. M. No. 86/ 1968
COMMONWEALTH GRANTS
COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS
The Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton, announced
today the re-appointment of Sir Leslie Melville, K. B. as
Chairman of the Commonwealth Grants Commission for a period
of three years, and the re-appointment of Mr. H. J. Goodes, C. B. E.,
for a period of one year.
Sir Leslie has been Chairman of the Commission
since 1966 and was first appointed to the Grants Commission in
1965. Mr. Goodes has been a member of the Commission

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OPENING OF OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOL
WOY WOY, N. S. W. 19 OCTOBER 1968

Mr. President, Distinguished Guests, Members of Parliament, Ladies
and Gentlemen: There has been one lesson I have learnt during theltime
that I have been opening various buildin gs, swimming pools and things
of that kind. That lesson is that I am usually so pleased and relieved
to have reached the end of whatever it is I have to say, and I know that
everybody sitting around is so pleased and relieved that I have reached